SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 143.91°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 3.17°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451428.12000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 18
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 5 September 1999
- Last observed
- 6 September 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 R4
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB